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We also seem very internationalist in our musical taste, only two from Australia ( Delta and Savage Garden) but three from Canada ( Shania, Alanis and Celine), one from New Zealand, one from Ireland, one Swedish and two from America; so much for imperialistic cultural dominance. Although there is a more insidious invisible sonic imperialism unrelated to geography, but that's another discussion for another time.
Only two discs (Norah and Delta) were moncler outlet store released in this century, which is perhaps a commentary on how record sales overall have diminished recently thanks to downloads and other media that were not part of this survey or simply that the longer that something is available in the market place the more opportunity it has to sell. Of course Shania and Alanis the chart toppers are both commercial juggernauts, Come On Over is the biggest selling album by a female of all time selling 34 million copies globally and the biggest selling country album of all time, while Jagged Little Pill is the best selling debut (internationally) album of all time notching up 30 million sales worldwide and the second biggest selling female album ever, second only to Ms Twain.
That list is somewhat scary. I do follow the charts, even if I hate 99% of the music in it, but I wouldn't have expected that the absolute top sellers were this bland. I think we're well due for another musical rebellion against this stale, bland and uninspiring fluff. There seems to be one of those about every 15 years. Although I don't think they make much of a difference in sales figures right at the top. If you look at, say the early 90's you wouldn't find Nirvana, but probably something like Darryl Braithwaite instead. Similarly in the 70's when punk was big it wasn't The Clash or The Sex Pistols that sold the big numbers, it was The Bay City Rollers and Leif Garrett and I'm sure there's a bunch more that I now can't recall.
Can't remember who said it but there's a quote that says that 95% of music will always suck, but it's the other 5% that's worth coming back for. After all MOR albums and light pop fair have always been the biggest sellers, especially when Mums and Dads get on the band wagon. Throughout the late 60's the Sound of Music Soundtrack was one of the biggest sellers of all time in the UK and here. This was the time of pop's golden age of the Beatles/Stones but big as their sales were they were outsold by some of these light family friendly artists. No surprise that ABBA is there as they likewise appealed to all ages. As any dedicated music fan knows, it is not how much a recording sells or how popular it is that ultimately counts. Substance over sales is what matters any day. Classic 60's albums like Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, and Love's Forever Changes were not best sellers in their days, the latter barely made it into the charts. Over time these recordings were recognized for their undeniable artistic merit and got the belated recognition they deserved. There are many great records even some released today that over time will tell a similar story.

Dummies miss out and try to catch up. You're got retro (The Wilbury's and Elvis), Emo, R Hip Hop, Irish Tenors in amongst the pop and 'alternative' even an 'out there' singer like Regina Spektor get into the mainstreem charts. The trouble is that radio is forced to play too many substandard Australian releases and it brings the standard down. The ARIAs should really not be presented this year because there's no CDs released in the previous year that deserve to be judged 'The Best'. I am not saying that we do not know what is good for us, everyone knows we are a relatively intelligent and sensitive nation, but we tend towards choices that moncler outlet are easily made. This goes as much for voting in an incumbent government as it does for buying the CD's Triple M, Nova et al tell us to. We also cannot pretend that the majority of people who buy CD's actually LIKE music (even though it is compulsory to vote, not all that do so LIKE politics), many are happy for the background 'noise' and/or the status having certain albums in your car/house can bring. Commercial radio play does not necessarily equal a fondling of Satan's trident, but unfortunately it tells people what they should be liking, and any situation where an interested party are telling an indifferent party what the deal is, the deal will be signed, sealed and delivered and you'll find John Howard's smug Baron Greenbacklike grin on election night and Shania Twain in your childhood friend's music collection. Don't blame them or get angry, they just don't LIKE music as much as you do, all you can do is to lead by example.

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